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PM Modi's big four cabinet ministers show frugality at refurbishing, others generous -Nidhi Sharma

-The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Big Four ministers in the Narendra Modi government — finance minister Arun Jaitley, home minister Rajnath Singh, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and defence minister Manohar Parrikar — haven't spent a paisa on office improvement.

But junior ministers and less-heavy weight ministers, including those affected by the recent Cabinet reshuffle, have been keener on doing up their workplace. ET's RTI questions on office decoration expenses revealed office improvements included premium washbasins to designer glass partitions and wooden flooring.

For 23 ministers, the total expenditure on office renovation in this government's first two years has been nearly Rs 3.5 crore. ET is awaiting replies to its RTI queries on other ministers.

Those who spent the most, as per data available on 23 ministers, are: Smriti Irani, Chaudhary Birender Singh, Rajyavardhan Rathore, Upendra Kushwaha, RS Katheria, JP Nadda, Sanwar Jat and Jitendra Singh.

Irani's (HRD to textiles) and Singh's (rural development to steel) portfolios were changed in the recent reshuffle.

Katheria and Jat were dropped from the Council of Ministers. When Irani was HRD minister, Rs 1.16 crore was spent on renovation for the senior and two junior ministers. Just over Rs 70 lakh for Irani's office and over Rs 40 lakh for the offices of two ministers of state.

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